IOWA-ILL. GAS & ELEC. CO. v. COMMERCE COM'N

No. 35556.

19 Ill.2d 436 (1960)

167 N.E.2d 414

IOWA-ILLINOIS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellee, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 18, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GRENVILLE BEARDSLEY, Attorney General, of Springfield, and HARRY R. BEGLEY, Special Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, (GEORGE PHOENIX, JR., of counsel,) for appellant.

ROBERT G. GRAHAM, DUANE P. BENSON, W.B. WATERMAN, and EDWARD J. HARTMAN, (GRAHAM, CALIFF, HARPER & BENSON, of Moline, of counsel,) for appellee.


Judgment reversed; order of Commission confirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

In February, 1958, the Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company, filed revised rate schedules with the Illinois Commerce Commission which would have provided increased revenues of approximately $530,000 from the sale of electric power in Rock Island, Henry and Whiteside counties.

The Commission suspended the proposed rates and held hearings which culminated...

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